Robbery, shooting in same area

STOCKTON - Police responded to a robbery and a shooting that occurred seven blocks apart over a period of about two hours Wednesday, authorities said.

Officers were alerted to a business robbery at 4:23 p.m. in the 200 block of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard near South Madison Street, police said. The robber ordered two employees to the ground, went behind the counter and started emptying drawers before fleeing on foot, police said.

He was described as a black man in his 20s, 5 feet 11 inches tall and 160 pounds in a white shirt and jeans.

The victim walked away and was later taken to a hospital for treatment of an undisclosed injury, officers said. The shooter was described as a black man in his 20s wearing a white shirt and khaki shorts, police said.